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TIL Ford slowly sped up the car production line until workers couldn’t cope. Unions were formed with the agreement that production line speeds couldn’t be altered unless agreed upon

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DQPg TIL John McCain, while captured by the Vietnamese, was forced to give the names of his fellow pilots or they would kill him. Instead, he gave the names of the 1961 Green Bay Packers offensive line
vyEL TIL there are at least 15 countries with absolutely no military forces
X5xR TIL Dale Earnhardt Jr. built a fully staffed, fully themed western town in his backyard just to throw parties in.
jN59n TIL of the Johnson gang. Travelling criminals from Gloucestershire, UK who specialised in stealing fine art and antiques from English country manors over a period of 20 years. The goods they stole are valued between £30 - £80 million. The gang were sentenced to a total of 49 years in prison in 2008.
l79mK TIL Kamikaze Pilots were not involved with Pearl Harbor, only 1 Japanese pilot deliberately flew into a target after taking severe damage to their aircraft.